Home / Sức Khỏe / hoi an to hue HOI AN TO HUE 02/04/2022 INTRODUCTION| GUIDE| MAP| RELATED POSTSThanks to lớn several big engineering projects over the years, & the economic & tourism boom of Hoi An, Danang and Hue, there are now four different, highly scenic routes lớn take between these three great cities in Central Vietnam.Bạn đang xem: Hoi an to hue Because it’s nearly impossible lớn choose between each route, I’d recommend taking at least two of them, thus creating a loop (or, even better, take all four of them & turn it into a figure of ‘8’). Whether it’s a one-day, one-way road trip, or a week-long, full-on exploration of all the routes in this guide, riding between Hoi An, Danang và Hue is hugely rewarding, relatively easy khổng lồ navigate, và a joy khổng lồ ride. The topography between Danang và Hue is characterized by an east-west spur of the Truong Son Mountain Range. Branching off from its north-south course along almost the entire length of the country, this mountainous spur drives a wedge between Danang & Hue, creating a dramatic barrier, both physical & climatic. As the spur ploughs eastward, it looms over the gentle farmland and river valleys of the coastal plains, before plunging to lớn the sea. Within a relatively small area, the landscapes are incredibly diverse and very beautiful: from towering, mist-shrouded peaks cloaked in thick jungle, to lớn serene, pretty fishing villages sprawled along sandbars spreading into the East Sea.There are 4 routes between Hoi An, Danang và Hue: the Coast, the River, the Mountains và the TunnelGUIDE:HOI AN→DANANG→HUE BY MOTORBIKEThis guide is a short introduction khổng lồ four different routes between Hoi An, Danang & Hue.All four routes can be ridden in either direction, & any of them can easily be stitched together to khung a loop or a figure of ‘8’. Thus, you can create a round-trip between Hoi An, Danang and Hue without having to lớn backtrack on the same roads. I’ve named each of the four routes, written a brief mô tả tìm kiếm of each one, and plotted them all on my colour-coded map. Weather conditions during the months November through February can be quite bleak. Therefore, try to lớn ride these routes between March and October. As mentioned, you could spend as little as one day or as long as one week riding these routes. On my map, I’ve marked some places of interest along the way, & all of the places marked with a red sạc pin have at least some khung of accommodation. (For more ideas about how to extend any of these four routes, take a look at theRelated Posts.)Clickan tác phẩm below for more details:CONTENTS:MAP:Hoi An→Danang→Hue:Coast 135km| River 125km | Mountains 270km | Tunnel 95kmView in a LARGER MAPROUTE 1:The Coast•Blue line: Route: the classic nhị Van Pass ‘Top Gear’ routeDistance: 135km (Danang→Hue)Time: 3-5 hoursScenery:ocean vistas, the nhì Van Pass, forests, lakes, fishing scenesRoad Conditions:good surface, few rough patches, light trafficDescription: This route uses the nhì Van Pass (known to lớn many as “one of the best coast roads in the world”, thanks lớn Jeremy Clarkson’s words in the 2008 bbc Top Gear Vietnam episode) to bridge the mountainous spur separating Danang và Hue. The pass is spectacular and the views are excellent. But this is only part of a much longer, scenic, coastal route, which continues after the pass on several quiet, paved, pretty back-roads through farmland and fishing villages, along coastlines, lake shores & lagoons. After the multiple twists và turns of the lofty nhì Van Pass, the route descends khổng lồ Lang co Beach and immediately turns off onto a back-road skirting Lap An Lagoon, then crossing the highway out to lớn Chan May bay, before briefly joining Highway QL1A và quickly turning off onto yet more back-roads, this time leading around Cau hai Lagoon. From here, the route cuts through agricultural landscapes dotted with wading buffalo and conical-hatted farmers, and mile upon mile of traditional cemeteries in the Hue imperial style. Finally, at Thuan An beach, the route heads south khổng lồ the centre of Hue. (For full details on this route see my nhì Van Pass Guide.) Images of the Coast Route:ROUTE 2:The River•Orange line : Route: the new, ‘middle’ route, leading behind Bach Ma National ParkDistance: 125km (Danang→Hue)Time: 2-3 hoursScenery:green valleys, clear rivers, jungle, mountains, crop fieldsRoad Conditions:brand new surface, smooth, light traffic**IMPORTANT NOTE: There’s speculation that this brand new road may ban two-wheel traffic in the future. As of June 2019, motorbikes & bicycles are allowed, but kiểm tra before you go.Description: Recently completed, this new route is both scenic and fast. By taking a westerly course, going inland behind Bach Ma National Park, the new road bypasses both the nhì Van Pass & the nhị Van Tunnel. Smooth, wide, và newly surfaced, this route follows the Cu De River valley, before going under the mountains of Bach Ma National Park (by way of the Mui Trau Tunnel), & out the other side through crops and tree plantations, then dropping down khổng lồ the coastal plains và joining Highway 1 for a brief stint into Hue. This route is so new that, at the time of writing (June 2019), much of the central section wasn’t yet shown on Google Maps (I’ve drawn it on my map as best I can). This brand new ‘middle way’ – between the mountains of the Ho đưa ra Minh Road khổng lồ the west và the coastline of the nhì Van Pass to lớn the east – has opened up a whole new swathe of countryside.Xem thêm: Welcome To Forza Horizon 2 Cấu Hình Forza Horizon 2, 3, 4, Welcome To Forza Horizon 2! At the time of writing, the entry ramp for the new road (at this junction with Highway QL1A) was unfinished, but motorbikes could easily skirt up the short dirt ramp instead. Images of the River Route:ROUTE 3:The Mountains•Red line : Route:the spectacular, off-the-beaten-path route via the Ho chi Minh RoadDistance: 270km (Danang→Hue)Time: 1-2 daysScenery:big mountains, rainforest, valleys, minority villagesRoad Conditions:good, paved surface, some concrete slab sections, light trafficDescription:The longest, most scenic, & most deserted of all the routes between Hoi An, Danang and Hue, the Ho bỏ ra Minh Road is a spectacular, mountainous ride through some of the best scenery, and on some of the best roads, Vietnam has to lớn offer. From the pretty, coastal plains and the agricultural valleys at the foothills of the Truong Son Mountain Range, to lớn the thick, steamy jungles và soaring peaks along the Lao border, this route is bound lớn leave you gawping by the roadside, staring in disbelief at what you’re seeing. What’s more, for some unfathomable reason, hardly anyone else is there to see it. It’s best to lớn ride this route over two days (or even three), breaking the journey in Prao for a night. You could potentially ride it all in one day, but you’d have khổng lồ start very early, ride many hours, and have plenty of riding stamina to vị so. Road conditions are generally good, even though the terrain is exceptionally mountainous. Heading west of Hoi An or Danang, there are a couple of different route options: The southerly route skirts a picturesque river valley along road QL14B before joining the Ho chi Minh Road (QL14) at Thanh My; the northerly route follows road QL14G around the back of bố Na Hills all the way up khổng lồ the Ho đưa ra Minh Road at Prao, thus cutting out the section of the Ho chi Minh Road between Thanh My & Prao. Both are excellent routes, so which you decide lớn take will be based on how much time you have. Either way, as you head west of Hoi An và Danang the gentle valleys quickly morph into wild nature and lofty heights as you approach the Ho đưa ra Minh Road. The section between Thanh My, Prao, & A Luoi offers superb riding & scenery, & you’re likely to have the road practically all khổng lồ yourself. In short, this is the rider’s route, the nature lover’s route, the epic route: this is the route you shouldn’t miss. (For more details about this route, see section 4 of my Ho đưa ra Minh Road Guide.) Images of the Mountains Route:ROUTE 4:The Tunnel•Brown line : Route: the direct route on Highway QL1A via the hai Van TunnelDistance: 95km (Danang→Hue)Time: 2-3 hoursScenery:mountains, coastal plains, highwaysRoad Conditions:good surface, fairly heavy trafficDescription: By far the shortest but least interesting và most traffic-filled of all the possible routes between Danang and Hue, riding Highway QL1A is easy, straightforward & quick. The main feature on this route is the6.3km-long hai Van Tunnel, the longest in Southeast Asia.Completed in 2005, the tunnel was an essential engineering project to reduce travel time & traffic between Danang & Hue, all of which previously had to crawl over the hai Van Pass. At only 95km, Highway QL1A is the fastest links between the two major cities on the central coast. With a journey time of just a couple of hours, this direct route is convenient but not especially scenic. There’s still a bit of eye candy (especially between Lang teo Beach and Cau hai Lagoon), but compared with the other route options in this guide, it’s nothing remarkable. Highway QL1A is the route that most trucks, buses, private cars, and business vehicles take: anyone whose main purpose is simply getting from A khổng lồ B as quick as possible, and for whom the journeyisn’t the goal. For motorbikers this route does have a major inconvenience: two-wheeled vehicles (as well as petrol tankers)aren’t allowed through the nhị Van Tunnel. However, there is a regular shuttle truck which takes motorbikes and bicycles through the tunnel for a fee of around 30,000vnd (just over $1). The shuttle operates throughout the day (and, on a reduced schedule, at night) & is apparently very efficient, but I’ve never taken it myself, so I can’t vouch for it. One more thing to chú ý is that the tunnel closes daily for 30 minutes between 1.15-1.45pm for maintenance. Images of the Tunnel Route:Disclosure: I never receive payment for anything I write: my nội dung is always miễn phí and independent. I’ve written this guide because I want to: I like these routes & I want my readers to lớn know about them. For more details, see my Disclosure & Disclaimer statements here